FISHING GEAR

We suggest that you arrive fully prepared with your own personal fishing equipment and gear. The camp has a limited amount of loaner/backup rod and reel outfits and our guides provide leaders and flies, as needed.

KING SALMON

• Spey outfits – 8-10 wt, 11-13 ft rods w/ matching compact/short Skagit heads
• Tips (10 ft) – T8, T11 and T14
• 20 lb monofilament leader material
• Flies – 3-4″ long weighted and unweighted flies rigged with size #1 or #1/0 octopus style stinger hooks. Flies should be moderately dressed (to sink faster) and include an abundant amount of flash. Popular colors and combinations include chartreuse/blue, black/blue, pink/orange, purple/black, black, chartreuse. Some of our favorite commercially tied flies include the Prom Dress, Squidro, Jumbo Critter, Trailer Trash, Articulated Egg Sucking Leeches, Hoh-bo Spey, Bjorn Stinger Prawn.

SILVER SALMON

• Spey outfits – 7-8 wt, 11-13 ft rods w/ matching compact/short Skagit heads
• Tips (10 ft) – floating, T8, T11 and 5 ft float/5 ft T11
• Single hand outfits – 8-10 wt, 9 ft rods w/ matching floating and type-3 sinking lines
• 15 lb monofilament leader material
• Flies – 2-3″ long weighted bunny leech-style flies tied on size #1-4 hooks. Flies should be weighted with cones or dumbbell eyes to get “jigging” action and include some flash. Popular colors and combinations include pink/chartreuse, purple/black, black, purple, fuschia. Some of the most productive commercially tied flies include Dali Llamas, Prom Dress, Hareball Leech. For top water action, brightly colored (pink, chartreuse) foam-backed “wog” patterns that push water are most productive.

STEELHEAD

• Spey outfits – 7-8 wt, 11-13 ft rods w/ matching compact/short Skagit heads
• Tips (10 ft) – floating, T8, T11 and 5 ft float/5 ft T11
• 15 lb monofilament leader material
• Level 15 lb leader (supplied by guide)
• Sink tips: 10 ft MOW 5/5, 10 ft of T8 and T11 and a 10 ft floating tip
• Flies – 2-3″ long weighted and unweighted flies rigged with size #2-4 octopus style stinger hooks. Popular colors and combinations include black/blue, pink/orange, purple/black, black. Some of our favorite commercially tied flies include Hoh Bo Spey, River Rat Squid, Popsicle, Intruders.

RAINBOW TROUT

• Trout spey/switch outfits – 4-6 wt, 10-12 ft rods w/ matching Skagit and/or scandi heads
• Single hand outfits – 5-6 wt, 10 ft rods w/ floating lines
• Tips (10 ft) – floating, fast, super fast and T8
• Indicators, split-shot and bead hooks (size 8)
• Assorted 6-8 mm trout beads
• Flies (size 4-8) – assorted leeches, sculpins, smolt, buggers and mice patterns

CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES

NOTE: As you prepare and pack for your trip please keep in mind that your total luggage weight for the charter flight is limited to 50 pounds.